Hummel: Piano Trios / Piano Quartet in G Major / Cello Sonata

Featuring

Micaela Comberti
Jane Rogers
Pál Banda
Susan Alexander-Max
Simon Standage
Johann Nepomuk Hummel

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Composer Biography

Johann Nepomuk Hummel, the composer, was a child prodigy who could read music at four, play violin at five, and piano at six.

Performer Biography

Susan Alexander-Max, the fortepianist on this recording, is recognized internationally as a leading fortepianist and clavichordist specializing in late 18th and early 19th-century music.

Critical Reception

Despite his high reputation as a composer and virtuoso performer during his lifetime, Johann Nepomuk Hummel's work was largely neglected by posterity.

Composer Biography

Hummel, the composer, studied with the same distinguished Viennese teachers as Beethoven: Haydn, Albrechtsberger, and Antonio Salieri.

Composer Biography

Hummel, the composer, became a pupil of Mozart in Vienna at the age of eight, lodging in his master's house.

Composer Biography

Hummel, the composer, served as Konzertmeister for Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, effectively doing the work of Kapellmeister, a title nominally held by Haydn.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Hummel's music represents a fascinating interim period between the Classical era of Haydn and Mozart and the Romantic era of composers like Liszt and Chopin.